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H5 bird flu is already here and it can't be stopped — but we can help our most vulnerable species survive outbreaks like it in the future. Add your name and call on the Government to fund a $200-million Wildlife Resilience Fund.
Invasive species are driving more than 80 per cent of Australia’s most vulnerable native plants and animals towards extinction.
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No country on Earth has parrots like ours. Of the 56 species found in Australia, 51 live nowhere else, from the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot to the swift parrot. Yet right now, the Australian Government is considering reopening the door to live parrot imports, and the deadly diseases that could come with them.
H5 bird flu is at our doorstep and it can't be stopped — but we can help our most vulnerable species survive it. Add your name and call on the Government to fund a $200-million Wildlife Resilience Fund.
Australia’s wildlife is under attack. 365 days a year, 24 hours a day – invasive species are capturing and killing native animals, trashing and trampling protected areas and driving our wildlife closer to extinction.
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For years, farmers and feral animal experts have been asking the same thing: why spend time and money controlling feral deer or pigs if the property next door does nothing? They're right.
The Invasive Species Council says the suspected detection of H5N1 bird flu in a greater-crested tern at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island could mean the disease is on the doorstep of one of Australia’s most important sea lion colonies, warning urgent investment is needed in wildlife resilience before more...
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed today's announcement that, for the first time, Australia's national fire ant eradication program is moving inward to target the core infestation area after years of successfully suppressing fire ant populations on the invasion's outer edges.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the NSW government's decision to issue a General Biosecurity Direction for pig control, requiring public and private landholders in the Walgett region to participate in a coordinated feral pig eradication program, with landholders who fail to comply facing fines...
The Invasive Species Council says the suspected detection of 7 new cases of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in greater crested terns at the same site in South Australia may mark a significant turning point in Australia's outbreak, raising concerns the virus is now spreading within local wild bird po...
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Albanese Government's investment in the future of rabbit biocontrol, saying the $2.6 million Commonwealth contribution towards a $4 million Phase 1 national partnership is an important first step towards protecting Australia's native wildlife from one of...
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Invasive species destroy our natural places and transform the landscape, leaving our native animals without shelter or food and natural systems destroyed. You can help create an Australia where our unique wildlife is safe in flourishing protected areas.